Summer Systematics Institute 2018 Schedule of Activities

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1 Summer Systematics Institute 2018 Schedule of Activities Monday, June 18 June 19 WEEK ONE: JUNE 18 22, am 12pm Welcome & Program Overview Boardroom HR Processing, Security, Employee Badge Photos Safety Training Lecture: Dr. Charles Griswold Relevance of Systematics June 20 June 21 June 22 2:30pm 9 am 10am 10:30am 11:00am 3:00 4:00 CCG Lab 9 am 10:30am Department tour: Entomology TA seminar introduction Department tours: Invertebrate Zoology Geology Lab: Orientation and Safety Tour of the Center for Comparative Genomics!FOR CCG users only! Lecture: Dr. Rich Mooi Introduction to Phylogenetics, Part 1 Group Lunch -- Pizza!

2 Monday, June 25 WEEK TWO: JUNE 25 29, 2018 Lecture: Dr. Mooi Introduction to Phylogenetics, Part 2 June 26 June 27 June 28 June :30pm 10:30am 11:00am 11:30 9am-10:30 am 11:00 Lab: Dr. Mooi Introduction to Phylogenetics, Part 3 Lecture: Chrissy Piotrowski Collections Management CCG DNA Extraction Step I training, CCG DNA EXT LAB CCG DNA Extraction Step I training, CCG DNA EXT LAB Seminar with TA CCG DNA Extraction Step II training, CCG DNA EXT LAB CCG DNA Extraction Step II training, CCG DNA EXT LAB Lecture: "Library resources and information gathering" Department tours: Botany Anthropology Ornithology & Mammalogy CCG PCR Training,, CCG PCR SET-UP LAB CCG PCR Training,, CCG PCR SET-UP LAB Lecture: Dr. Gary Williams "Coral Reef Geology" Department tours: Ichthyology CCG Gel Electrophoresis training, CCG Gel Room CCG Gel Electrophoresis training, CCG Gel Room

3 Monday, July 2 WEEK THREE: JULY 2 JULY 6, :00am 10:30am Dr. Rebecca Albright Coral Reef Health in a Changing World (for e.g.) July 3 July 4 July 5 July 6 9:00 10:30 10:30 noon PCR purification training, CCG Sequencing Lab PCR purification training, CCG Sequencing Lab July 4 Holiday Lecture: Misha Leong " Exoskeletons in Your Closet" Cycle-Sequencing training, CCG Sequencing Lab Cycle-Sequencing training, CCG Sequencing Lab Lecture: Dr. Scott Loarie "inaturalist -- A Community for Naturalists" CCG EtOH Precipitation & Sequence Load, CCG Sequencing Lab CCG EtOH Precipitation & Sequence Load, CCG Sequencing Lab

4 Monday, July 9 WEEK FOUR: JULY 9 13, :00 10:30 Lecture: Dr. Lauren Esposito Portals to evolutionary studies in a museum setting July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 10:30 12:00 10:30-12:00pm Aquarium Tour DNA Sequence data check,, CCG Sequencing Lab Lecture: Dr. Peter Roopnarine Morphometrics Lecture: Dr. Dave Kavanaugh Introduction to Nomenclature Lecture: Dr. Shannon Bennett "The Evolutionary Dynamics of Microbes" CCG available for sequence check, lab help, and questions Lecture: Dr. Terry Gosliner Vicariance Biogeography

5 WEEK FIVE: JULY 16 20, 2018 Monday, July 16 Lecture: Dr. Rich Mooi Heterochrony July 17 July 18 July 19 Mount Tamalpais Field Trip Seminar with TA July 20 Lecture: Dr. Jack Dumbacher The Endangered Species Act: Using Systematic Data in Listing Decisions"

6 Monday, July 23 WEEK SIX: JULY 23 27/28, am 12:30pm (note later start) Lecture: Dr. Michael Ghiselin Topics in the Philosophy of Systematics July 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 Saturday, July 28 5:15am 6:00am ~6:20am ~4:00pm and into the evening Tidepooling Trip: Meet at CAS for rides Assemble at Pillar Point Parking Lot Low tide Lecture: Dr. Rich Mooi Giving Scientific Presentations Dinner at the Ghiselin Summer Palace, Russian River

7 WEEK SEVEN: JULY 30 AUGUST 3, 2018 Monday, July 30 July 31 12pm 2pm Discussion: Dr. Meg Burke, moderator Graduate School Lunch provided August 1 August 2 August 3 Seminar with TA

8 WEEK EIGHT: AUGUST 6 AUGUST 10, 2018 Monday, August 6 August 7 August 8 8am 5pm Final Presentations August 9 Boardroom August 10 All day Program Evaluations, goodbyes see you laters Important locations: The Boardroom is located on L1 at the east end of the pavilions (the far right as you face the employee entrance) L2-West is on L2 (2nd floor), at the west end of the "bridge" connecting the two main pavilions L2-East is on the east end of the bridge -- Large refers to the larger of the two rooms at these locations B2-East is on the bottom floor (B2), just slightly to the right as you leave the main elevators. B2-West is on the bottom floor (B2), along the corridor to the right as you leave the main elevators. The Library is on L3 (3rd, or top floor), and the Library Reading Room is just outside the Library on the right. HR (Human Resources) and other administrative offices are on L2 (2nd floor) Departments and other resources: On floor B1: Herpetology, Ichthyology, Ornithology & Mammalogy, Aquatic Biology, Anthropology, Botany On floor B2: Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, Entomology, Microbiology, Center for Comparative Genomics, Scanning Electron Microscope Lab, Office of the Chief of the Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability Important contacts (all phone numbers are xxxx): Rich Mooi, REU Site Director, Curriculum Coordinator, x5270, rmooi@calacademy.org (IZ&G, B2) Katherine Piatek, Program Coordinator for IBSS, x5284, cpiatek@calacademy.org (B2), SSI Teaching Assistant, x????, tba@calacademy.org (???), CCG Teaching Assistant, x????, tba@calacadem.org (???)